A.   Fees Established By Resolution: The city council by resolution shall establish a schedule of fees, charges and expenses for certificates of zoning compliance, appeals and other matters pertaining to this title.

   B.   Payment Of Fees Required: No certificate, special exception, variance or amendment shall be considered unless or until such costs, charges, fees or expenses have been paid at the time of the application or petition filed therefor with the city. (1983 Code § 11-1-31)

The city council may, from time to time on its own action or on petition, amend, supplement or change the boundaries or regulations herein or subsequently established, provided:

   A.   Public Hearing: No amendment, supplement or change of boundaries or regulations shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Not less than seven (7) nor more than twenty (20) days of notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a paper of general circulation in the city. Such amendment, supplement or change shall not become effective except by favorable vote of a majority of all members of the city council. In case, however of a protest against such change signed by the owners of twenty percent (20%) or more either of the area of the lots included in such proposed changes, or of those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending the depth of one lot or not to exceed two hundred feet (200') therefrom or of those directly opposite thereto, extending the depth of one lot or not to exceed two hundred feet (200') from the street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of at least three-fourths (3/4) of all the members of the council. (1983 Code § 11-1-32)

   B.   Petition For Amendment: Whenever any person, firm or corporation desires that any amendment or change be made in this title, including the text and/or map, as to any property in the city, there shall be presented to the council a petition requesting such change or amendment and clearly describing the property in the city, and its boundaries as to which the change or amendment is desired. The zoning administrator will notify the owners of all real estate lying outside of said tract but within two hundred feet (200') of the boundaries thereof, (intervening streets and alleys not be included in computing such 200 feet). It shall be the duty of the council to vote upon such petition with the city clerk. (Ord. 02-15, 12-16-2002)

   C.   Payment Of Fee: Before any action shall be taken as provided in this part, the party or parties proposing or recommending a change in the district regulations or district boundaries shall deposit with the city clerk a fee as provided in section 9-14-1 of this chapter, to cover the approximate costs of this procedure and under no conditions shall said sum or any part thereof, be refunded for failure of said amendment to be enacted into law.

   D.   Petition Denied: Whenever any petition for an amendment, supplement or change of the zoning regulations herein contained or subsequently established shall have been denied by the city council, then no new petition covering the same property, or the same property and additional property, shall be filed with or considered by the city council until one year shall have elapsed from the date of the filing of the first petition. (1983 Code § 11-1-32)

Whenever a violation of this title occurs, or is alleged to have occurred, any person may file a written complaint. Such complaint stating fully the causes and basis thereof shall be filed with the administrative official. He shall record properly such complaint, immediately investigate, and take action thereon as provided by this title. (1983 Code § 11-1-33)

   A.   Enforcement: All departments, officials and employees of the city who are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall issue no such permit or license for any use, structure or purpose if the same would not conform to the provisions of this title.

   B.   Criminal Violation And Penalties: Any person, corporation or other legal entity who violates or resists the enforcement of any provisions of this title, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with title 1, chapter 4 of this code.

   C.   Alternative Relief: Seeking a civil penalty as authorized in this section does not preclude the city from seeking alternative relief, including an order for abatement or injunctive relief, from the court in the same action or as a separate action. (1983 Code § 11-1-34)

If any part or provisions of these regulations or application thereof to any person or circumstances is judged to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provisions or application directly involved in all controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of these regulations or the application thereof to persons or circumstances. The planning and zoning commission hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of these regulations even without any such part, provisions or application. (1983 Code § 11-1-35)